Combination holder and sharpener for kitchen knives



Aug. 12,1947.

L. M. SIMONS ON COMBINATION HOLDER AND SHARPENER FOR KITCHEN KNIVESFiled Nov. 7, 1946 INVENTOR LAWRENCE M. Swomsozv 4&6:

Patented Aug. 12, 1947 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE COMBINATION HOLDERAND SHARPENER FOR KITCHEN KNIVES 1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to a combination holder and sharpener for kitchenknives.

An object of the invention is to provide a holder for kitchen kniveshaving sharpening means therein, and means for forcing the knife intoengagement with said sharpening means within said holder.

Another object of the invention is to provide a combined holder andsharpener which is safe to use, simple in construction and can beinexpensively manufactured.

With the above and other objects and advantages in view, the inventionconsists of the novel details of construction, arrangement andcombination of parts more fully hereinafter described, claimed andillustrated in the accompanying drawing in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view partly in section of an embodimentof the invention;

Figure 2 is the same, showing a knife in position to be sharpened;

Figure 3 is a front elevational view partly in section and Figure 4 is aplan view of the device.

Referring more in detail to the drawing, the reference numeral Illdesignates the back portion or rear wall of the holder which is providedwith apertured curved marginal ends ll whereby the holder may be securedto a suitable support.

Formed integral with the rear wall I l is a boxlike body l2 having a topI 3, side walls l4 and a front wall [5 and the lower marginal edges l6are inclined downwardly from the lower marginal edge of the front WallI5.

Secured to the inner surface of the rear wall l0, adjacent the top [3,is a rotary disc knife sharpener I1, and any suitable sort of fasteningmeans I8 may be used for the securing thereof. The sharpener is of theconventional type whereby a knife blade drawn through the meshing discswill be sharpened, but any type of sharpener may be used, within thescope of the invention.

The top I3 is provided with three parallel relatively spaced slots l 9,20 and 2|, which are parallel to the sides I4, and slot 20 is adapted toreceive a knife blade to be sharpened while the other slots will receivethe blades of knives for the holding thereof, before or aftersharpening. The handle of the knife rests on the upper surface of thetop 13 to support the knives within the holder.

Secured to the inner surface of the front wall I5, in alinement with theslot 20 by suitable fastening means 22 is a curved spring 23, whichextends upwardly beyond the slot 20, so that a knife blade can beinserted into slot 20 intermediate the spring and the sharpener.

The spring 23 bearing against the back edge of the blade will force theblade into engagement with the sharpener for the sharpening thereof.

The knife can then be sharpened without the necessity of pressing theblade against the sharpener manually, and being within the holder, theuser thereof is protected from being cut by the knife during thesharpening operation. As previously stated, the center slot is used whena knife is to be sharpened, and the outer slots are only used forholding the knives within the holder.

It is believed that the construction and operation of the device will beapparent to those skilled in the art, and it is to be understood thatchanges in the minor details of construction may be resorted to,provided they fall within the spirit of the invention and the scope ofthe appended claim.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new and desiredto be secured by Letters Patent is:

A device of the character described, comprising a back portion, abox-like body having a top, side and front walls and an open bottomformed integral with said back portion, a plurality of slots in the tOpof said body parallel to each other and to the side walls of the body,and relatively spaced from each other and from the side walls of thebody, a sharpening means secured to the inner surface of the backportion adjacent the top of the body and in alinement with one of saidslots and a spring means secured to the inner surface of the front wallof said body in alinement with and extending upwardly out of one of theslots to force a knife inserted in said slot into engagement With saidsharpener.

LAWRENCE M, SIMONSON.

